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Deborah Koff Ross: reclaiming my time, that reminds me that back when we were voting on the Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, now…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2007
reclaiming my time, that reminds me that back when we were voting on the Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, now estimated to cost billions and billions and billions of dollars over the next 10 years, it went to a vote barely a day after the final version of the 500-plus-page bill was made to Members of Congress. We are putting an end to that. We are giving Members of Congress an opportunity to know what they are voting on.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Discussing the voting process for the Medicare Part D prescription drug bill.

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